Discussion: Talking Heads: On Headship, Teaching, and Women in the Church

[mahler (Corey J. Mahler)]

@Helion

Have been thinking about your comment about Bible groups for a while since I’m not sure if I understood what you guys meant.

You are against women leading those kinds of groups as in writing questions and explaining them if noone gets it?(I agree with that one), women answering questions from the Bible study and maybe explaining some theology? (probably agree also for more pragmatic reasons since some women in my church have pretty terrible answers/oneliners) or generally making any noise in it at all?

I remember one time no women were present at Bible study and bc of that it was one of my favourites not sure if it was just because I heard no stupid answers that time or I felt deep down women shouldn’t answer tbh maybe even bit of both?

Not sure how it looks like in america but in Poland basically a guy makes questions to the text or eventually to a subject if it’s thematic study and the rest(women included) can answer that atleast that’s how they do it in my church.

Would appreciate if you were to explain more on that.

Women should generally not speak in church (as Scripture clearly commands), and this includes the Bible study that precedes or follows the service (or occurs midweek, or whenever). It is fine for women to ask questions of their own husbands at home (perhaps even in a small group that meets in a home), but women should not be asking or answering questions in Bible studies in church. If they have questions, they can ask their husbands when they get home.